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Man found dead in car wreckage in Barnstead

A 21-year-old man was killed in a rollover crash in Barnstead that might have occurred hours before it was found.

Police said a friend found Kevin Price's body and his car off North Barnstead Road on Saturday.

Barnstead police said the crash was reported just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

"The vehicle was upside down off the side of the north side of the roadway off the travel portion of the roadway on the other side of a stone wall," said Chief Kenneth Borgia.

Police said they aren't sure what caused the crash or what time it took place.

"The driver of the vehicle had not been seen by family or friends since 8 o'clock the night before," Borgia said.

Nearly 12 hours later, when Price failed to return home, friends and family started looking for him. They found his car, upside down, in a field a couple hundred yards away from his family's home.

The medical examiner said Price died on impact from massive head and neck trauma when the car went off the road, hit a tree and flipped.

"There is no indication that the seat belt was worn," Borgia said. "However, the airbags were deployed."

Police are waiting for a toxicology report and are trying to determine the speed Price was driving. Investigators said they are also hoping to hear from anyone who saw Price on Friday night or early Saturday morning.